The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-22

should 30 conduct itself as 10 commant
the respect Of all right minded men
There shoul Id not be In the government O.
Ireland such mean deception as condemn
ing the landlords for exacting exorbitsn,
rents and then lending them all the force
Of British bayonets and rifles 10 exact
these rents. "Whom the gods wish "a
destroy they stultify."
The rule,of injustice Is hard and hone.
less task. Let the landlords receive fair
rent, not oppressive, and let them restore
10 the poor tenants the over.payment OF
past years. There are unmistakable signs
In England oil a growing volcano, which |
trust English prudence will avert, The
embers have been very unwiseIy ios.ered
there. To feto Garibaldi land COMPANY
10 70 canonizs revolution in its worst form.
| VIII the time ever come when insulu.
tarity will begin to have some regard for
the honest public opinion OF the world,
civilized as well as uncivilizsd, which il
to-day horrifed at the news OF the inlu.
man spectacle OF evictions whose only
equivalents, according 10 England's great.
est statesman OF pastor modern times, are
death warrants?
How the English journals would with
hypocritical zeal gloa. over and publish
the inhumanity OF snch deeds II these
horrid deeds were perpetrated by a Gath.
olic government. How the Pope would
be called a monster OF iniquity, mur.
derer OF the people, and to be dealt with
as such, II dvring his temporal power he
had permitted one townsand to be de.
populated.
iSIIUMAN gvicrroSs.
Such wholesale and inhumsn eyicti ons
arc only heard OF under the British
Crown. Signs of q high civilization, for.
sooth. Her most gracious Majesty need
not be grateful TO her responsible Minis.
fers for disgracing her otherwise glorious
reign OF fifty years by periodical oppression
oi the poor and Rlavins Irish, and finish.
ing It up by more than savage acts of
cruelty and the violation Of all true lava
and order. / shall pass over tho fearful
prosecutions inflicted on the Irish for con.
science sake. But the ruin OF our
churches, monasteries, colleges, hospitals,
ETC., that stud the land, Rro the stern wit
nesses to all future generations of the
worse than pagan cruelties practiced on
the Catholic Irish to rob them OF the true
faith. Conscience triumphs in the end.
Now let US take another view OF the
Irish wrongs. The Irish element in the
United States is becoming more and more
powerful. Your English papers aome.
times remark, when statesman in this
country speaks disparagingly OF England,
that he is trying to catch the Irish vote"
BY that they acknowledge that the Irish
vote is great factor in America, and the
same may be said OF Australia and other
English-speaking countries where tho
Irish congregate and multiply and pros.
per, Hence you must conclude that mum.
bers will tell, and the combined Irish is A
powerful ingredient In the government of
this country, and the power OF their or
Hanizations is increasing every day. They
hold already the balance OF power in the
Presidential and other elections. This is
beyond dispute.
WORD OF WARNING.
You may judge of their temper from the
tone which Americans take in the pres.
ent fishery dispute. 1t is said that we in
Canada live under the British llag BY the
liberation OF the United States. When
there was question OF enlisting volun-
teers for our defense. one OF our chief
statesmen said: "What use in this e1-
pense? The chief guard OF five millions
OF people in face Of fifty will be good be-
havior." But good behavior means now,
II appears, let the Americans do as they
like. English forces are distant. Better
are good neighbors near than blood rela-
tions al distanre - -.71I"
Lot US finish, my dear lord, this, per.
haps, too long letter by imploriug you
sgain and again to help your country,
England, out Of the murky chaos in which
she is and induce her to do Justice at
length to Ireland. Don't wait for the op.
portunity OF the oppressed Irish and Eng.
lands difficulty. III treatment and cal.
umnies will never reconcile former friends
or enemies. Union is strength and the
condition OF the Irish at home and abroad
does not add to the strength or honor OF
England. We must not forget how the
great Roman Emperor fell. England is
not beyond the reach Of eternal justice.
l have the honor TO subscribe myself
with the highest consideration, your lord.
ships devoted servant.
JOHN JOSEPH LYNCH,
Archbishop OF Toronto.
81. Mchders Palace, Toronto, Can, Marcl,
1887,